Sea of Flames

Golden magic descended from the heavens like Holy Light, driving out all evil...

Boom!

A sacred golden pillar of light enveloped Sheris, and the violent surge of magic rolled outward in waves...

Ul raised an arm to shield himself from the shock waves, peering through a narrow gap as he watched the battle ahead.

This was his first time watching high-ranking Mages fight at close range. Feeling the powerful surges of magic bursting forth between the two, Ul found himself deeply unsettled...

Neither Sheris nor Jelka had deliberately trained in physical combat. But that was precisely why their knowledge of magic was so astonishing—they had almost reached the level of S-Class Mages.

Rumble~~

A series of deafening booms rang out from ahead.

Ul really wanted to slip away while the two women were fighting, but whenever he was just about to move, he felt a faint trace of Mental Power locking onto him.

It was so frustrating!

Ul suddenly felt as if his "conviction" were nothing but a fart.

Every time he made up his mind, something unexpected happened right away, forcing him to change it.

The so-called "law of eating your words" seemed tailor-made for him.

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Jelka's magic was very unusual!

Her magic was a lot like Take Over Magic, but there were some differences.

Unlike Mirajane, Jelka wasn't receiving the power of demons. On the contrary, the power she received seemed to come from "God."

And that wasn't all!

Mirajane received demonic power by letting a demon possess her, but Jelka merely received "God's" magic power.

Actually, the original story was just as vague about whether "God" really existed in this world, offering only a few scattered descriptions.

But whether "God" existed or not, there was no denying the power Jelka was using at that moment.

Sheris and Jelka both moved with great agility as they fought.

Their bodies had been tempered by magic for years, granting them remarkable physical abilities. Though they couldn't engage in close-quarters combat, they could use their bodies to dodge their opponents' attacks with ease and seize the chance to counterattack...

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Sheris and Jelka were fighting fiercely!

From Ul's perspective, the Magic Circles in the space before him seemed never to stop appearing...

Jelka lightly tapped the ground with her wand. At once, five golden Magic Circles appeared behind her, arranged in a pentagon. Each radiated astonishing magical power, framing Jelka at their center like a holy Angel.

As Jelka lightly pointed her wand forward, the five Magic Circles behind her all shone at once. In an instant, five beams of light shot out toward her opponent...

Sheris reacted immediately.

She leaped into the air, dodging the five beams. With no target, the beams exploded where they landed, leaving a huge crater in the ground.

After dodging the attack, Sheris swiftly formed an enormous purple-black Magic Circle in midair, casting its shadow over Jelka.

Jelka's expression changed dramatically.

Her wand moved rapidly in her hand as the five golden Magic Circles behind her quickly gathered above her head. Her terrifying magical power erupted, and the five Magic Circles instantly linked together to form a more unusual spell, tightly shielding her within.

When Sheris saw Jelka's move, a twisted, triumphant smile appeared on her alluring face!

"Die, Jelka!"

White Flame—Sea of Ghostly Fire!

The magic within the purple-black Magic Circle erupted. In an instant, countless white flames rained down like a meteor shower, engulfing Jelka and the surrounding area...

This wasn't the first time Sheris and Jelka had fought. They both knew the other's abilities well.

In other words,

Sheris had prepared this move specifically for Jelka. She was confident that even Jelka wouldn't be able to fend off this spell easily.

That was because this spell's properties were completely different from those of her usual flames.

Everything in the area covered by "White Flame—Sea of Ghostly Fire" underwent two changes when touched by the white flames. First, it burned to ashes. Then those ashes turned to ice crystals.

That was the true power of the "White Flame" magic: it combined the properties of both fire and ice.

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The white flames rained down furiously, and soon the area beneath the purple Magic Circle had become a sea of fire.

Seeing this,

Sheris's smile grew even more brazen...

But she hadn't had long to gloat.

Suddenly,

A burst of intense golden light erupted from the center of the white flames, illuminating the entire space. The dazzling radiance quickly drove back the flames around it, revealing the graceful figure within.

When Sheris saw what was inside, her smile abruptly vanished. Her pupils contracted as she cried out, "Impossible!"

The figure before Sheris was Jelka. She looked almost exactly as she had before. Apart from some damage to her nun's habit, trimmed with golden thread, she showed no sign of injury.

This was completely beyond Sheris's expectations.

By her calculations, even if the spell couldn't kill Jelka outright, Jelka shouldn't have been able to block it so easily.

The sight stunned Sheris. Her expression stiffened, and disbelief filled her eyes.

As a result, Sheris failed to notice that Jelka's eyes had turned completely golden.

Though Jelka looked unchanged as she emerged from the white sea of flames, a closer look revealed that her eyes held none of a human's warmth. They were filled with authority and coldness.

After walking step by step out of the white sea of flames,

Jelka swung her wand. The five golden Magic Circles that had disappeared behind her appeared once more, gathering in front of her and swiftly aligning in a straight line as powerful magic accumulated.

The next second,

A terrifying beam of light, more than three meters in diameter, shot straight toward the area where Sheris stood, hitting her in an instant...

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